TRD Aurion to race at Indy

[Soloman]

Toyota will race debut the first of four TRD Aurion Aussie Racing Cars in next weekend’s Nikon Indy 300 race on the streets of Surfer’s Paradise, Queensland.

The exciting Aussie Racing Cars compete nationally at V8 Supercar events, as well as the Indy 300 and the Australian Grand Prix with Toyota is the first manufacturer to directly support entries in Aussie Racing Cars.

Toyota Australia motorsport manager Todd Connolly said Aussie Racing Cars are an exciting category that offer thrilling wheel-to-wheel racing.

The 450kg Aussie Racing Cars have identical mechanical specification to ensure close competition and to put the emphasis on driver skill. They have a moulded body (a caricature of the vehicle on which it is based), a space-frame chassis and 1.2-litre Yamaha engine that delivers 91kW at 11,500rpm.

Todd Connolly identified two synergies with the new TRD Aurion Aussie Racing Cars and Toyota.

The first TRD Aurion Aussie Racing Car to hit the circuit has been nominated as a “guest” car that will feature different motor sport personalities at each event. It is finished in the same livery as TRD’s 2008 Targa Tasmania class-winning TRD Aurion.

Race commentator and V8 race driver Neil Crompton will debut this car at Surfer’s Paradise, with an added exterior feature. The car will have its roof painted as a bandanna to support CanTeen’s October 31 National Bandanna Day for young people living with cancer.

Todd Connolly said he hopes the car’s appearance at the Nikon Indy 300 event would help raise awareness of CanTeen’s largest annual fund-raising day, when it aimed to sell one million bandannas. There will be a hospitality area at the circuit for CanTeen families from South-East Queensland.

Indy gets under way this Thursday with further information available at www.indy.com.au

http://www.caradvice.com.au/17870/trd-auri...o-race-at-indy/

[BONDEE]

that pic looks like a matchbox car!!! lol

[IMB055]

Glad to see some Toyota track presence. Looks hot!!!

Is this a precursor to the Aurion V8 Supercar for the 2009 Season??

(I wish...)

[Gab]

thats looks crazy well done toyota

[SecaBoy]

i love watching the aussie racing car series... its so funny to watch...

it reminds me of a whole bunch of remote control cars going around a circuit...

for those that dont know (or didnt read the first post properly), these cars are "full size"... its not actually a "TRD Aurion"... its a shrunken shell of one on a completely different chassis/engine setup... :)

[ToyotaFreak]

Eehhh.......... That's soooo cute!!!

Reminds me of a Choro Q/ Q Steer toy car (Just without larger rear tires.)